THE NEW YORKER I I demonded Þ u ritl! It is not recorded that dour old Alexander Gibbs, the militant Scotsman who fought his times to further the use of soap, ever signed a pledge or belonged to a League of Purity. But, he demanded that his own prod lict should have no inferior fats, no poisonous mineral col- ors and no chalk or other filling substance. And ladies in every civilized land appreciate his stand when they ask for Gibbs Cold Cream Soap. Ði!l I I SIA' EST. 1712 2S AN D 40Ç TN E TABLET PARIS LETTER PARIS, JAN. 8 'It r .>!. W HAT with Sir )I, \ * \ *' Sam uel Hoare 0"" .<. \"', , first falling down ..... ,,'I \ >", " .. and breaking his nose · \ '\ " , while recuperating ... .., . : from illness brought '" It. .. \. \!I ,.:!!' on by too much di- : ', ,"", :! '-- 1 : ,,,- 0 " ""- .. P lomacy, and then {:. ': falling out of his Cabinet post, the physical and govern- men tal staying powers of his ex-partner, Prime Minister Laval, are, in view of the increasing I talo- Ethiopian tension, of international importance. After eight of the most laborious, unfriendly months any except a war premier ever endured, plus hard travelling as Minister of F or- eign Affairs while having to hold his jellylike Parliament in line back home, Laval, elegantly dressed and in perfect shape, has just announced, "I was born a peasant. We peasants are used to hard work." As for his sticking powers, when his vote-of-confidence major- ities recently began dwindling from hundreds' down to dozens, he angrily stated, "As long as I've a majority of two, it's one more than I need. I'm no quitter." The market rose a point and a half at.the good news. Lots of troubled French hearts rose even more. Confused by the burden of new enmities and the load of old friendships in Europe, wor- ried by a surcharged, un passed state budget and by frequently unpayable personal taxes, the average Frenchman, who is momentarily anti everything ex- cept antipathy, is still putting his hope of a general solution in Laval. After all, there's no other place to put it. Though trouble was expected, the new law concerning the dissolution of factious leagues was passed peacefully. And almost illegally. Since the French Revolution, government has been di- vided into three distinct branches-ex- ecutive, legislative, and judiciary. The new law muddles all three. It gives to the President of the Republic (execu- tive) and to his ministers the right "to decree the dissolution of groups who provoke armed street riots, have the character of private militia, or aim at the overthrowing of the government," all of which are "abuses" of the "right of association Of groups." But only the courts (judiciary) can properly establish whether a right has been abused. In other words, the law is a violation of French constitutional principles. Maybe the French lawmakers haven't been 33 . CHEZ ROSETTE . " .. ".' :' . .....:.:..:.:.:. ..' .'..:.- f( /1;r"'" :::' ' ::::::::. ::- .::.......:.:.:.::. :.:-:. ". ' .... ," :::::::} ,:C: ':' :,::,:: tL:::::::'}:'''' t ;:: ;é':>:<.ßr'" ' , "J.:,::::,,:);{:V: ,.' . .::::: :\.".. :::::::. 3.; :: :: ':.;. ft. ::::;::@ ,..,.., ,1. :: : : : tr: t ::: :::: :; ::.:.: .' ::::::::-: ' ìlt''' :i WW>,,,,; l Ær\ ;;."'.-.... " ,:'i 7 ' ': *"', ..',..' .." jf,,;: :::::':;:.- [ ;l j:. <:f. :/'::::,"W: \::):::. f. ;L\\ it. : 1$- .:?:>' : ::, . :' J% '..x .. :::::' 1 i::t:::h( ,,;,, '>\. rfi ,....,..J lt. i ;f i '::: f : W Ä-::::' IfF / r- (<: ' ';l :::':::$: -=:::::: lW , '/ ) w :i: ::"::::>>==:* .....*::: ::;:,: .-Ø::,:.::-:':::':' ' { {: ::... :,.' ::-.::.::::..:.":,. g:: ' :::}'< ' :: ::' l . ' f :".^:-. ;ÏI: .. :: ti/ .'r:i {':'l .::':'::' -- {'-i {:':, -:-,,::::::1 : , {lJ; t' ,. . ::"=:. :.;.:. g : n: ; :' , : :: i' > : it$ i==J !;;;:: , 1i F} t: i< .: tC"w,w"....:.. ,:,:,x".".,..,:,:,' A day-after-day model for life on boats., in palios and by the sea - illustrating how really marvelous inexpensive re- sort cloth es can be. This one in linen crash, all colors . . . . . $19.75 MRs. PLEASANTS PENNINGTON 417 PARK AVE AT 55TH ST, N. Y. Hat òv Jean Kino